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Fleetwood Trawler – Red Rose LO36
Official Number: 186345
Built: Aberdeen 1956 by John Lewis
Yard Number: 254
Gross Tonnage: 407
Length: 138 ft
Breadth: 26′ 11” ft
Draught: 13′ 3” ft
Owner: Iago Steam Trawling Co Ltd

History
1956: Built in Aberdeen as RED ROSE (LO36) for Iago Trawlers.

1963: Bought by the Boston Group.

1972: Renamed BOSTON INVADER and given a Fleetwood registration (FD161).

April 1973: Transferred to Lowestoft. Her first landing into Lowestoft was 1st May 1973.

February 1975: Sold to Salvesen’s and renamed INVERLOCHY for use as an oil rig standby vessel.

1979: Renamed GRAMPIAN LOCH and put on oil rig support work.

1986: Sold by North Star to a Liverpool based diving consortium.

As GRAMPIAN LOCH she was laid up in the West Country and by 1991 was at Torpoint owned by A. Pardoe, Exmouth & S. Pepper, Rochdale. The plan was to use her for diving and wreck work but nothing came of it.

That year she was sold to Silas Oates (Western Ocean Towage Co Ltd, Plymouth)who planned to rename her MISTER CORNISHMAN, in the event she was renamed CORNISHMAN, VCT flag.

At the end of 1992 Silas sold her to Spanish principals and the rumour was that she would go back fishing.

18 December 1992: On her delivery voyage to Vigo/Corunna she ran aground East of Faro Olhao Bar Portugal and was subsequently abandoned.

Images

Red Rose LO36